Community letters prize contest and home tips in Journal
Local readers are invited to submit letters under 160 words on household hints dressmaking hygiene or social matters for a monthly prize. Two winners will be chosen with a sewing prize and a food chopper awarded. The column also shares practical tips on coal oil fire starters egg shells cleaning methods and making soap from waste fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rtment
M. H
Phoebe
Arapahole
Neb
Plaster Plaques Made From Magazine Pictures
A short historical note explains making plaster of Paris plaques by pressing a picture into a damp plaster mix in a shallow dish, shaping to desired thickness, inserting a hang ring, and letting it dry. Ten cents of plaster yields about six medium plaques.
A Knotty Art and a Proposal Party in Ky
A reader from Anson Springs Ky describes craft instructions for backing a chair with netting and stitching a rose pattern. The letter praises the party game of Proposal where young women sit in cozy corners as young men take turns proposing, with prizes awarded at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Roberts
Anson Springs
Superfluous Hair Cure Offered by Lady Subscriber
A lady subscriber offers to send free to any sufferer the secret that cured her hair growth problem. She claims the remedy is effective and requests interested readers to contact her for details and trial.
Penny Contest Question Sheet From Ordway Colorado
The fragment details a penny contest with questions and space for answers. It offers a prize for correct answers and shows sample Q and A such as copper head, date, Indian, smelling scent, U. S. of what sees eye, liberty, and wreath, signed by Myrtle M Besch of Ordway Colorado.
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U. S
Myrtle M. Besch
P.O
Ordway
Colo
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